Framing contractors · California

Sontag Construction, Inc.

Berkeley, CA · ~22 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
24.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sontag Construction, Inc. runs at 871% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Framing contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Sontag Construction, Inc.: 24.4 TCR = 871% of Framing contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sontag Construction, Inc. safety composite

Sontag Construction, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 24.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−41.5

2020→2024

Sontag Construction, Inc. injury rate improved

Sontag Construction, Inc.'s TCR fell 41.5 from 49.0 in 2020 to 7.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 49.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=49.0 · 2021=29.3 · 2022=23.4 · 2023=12.8 · 2024=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238130 · Berkeley, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 24.4 · 871% of ind

  • DART 7.5 DART
  • RANK #99/99
  • PHOTO Braxton and sons
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Braxton and sons (0.1 TCR gap)

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Sontag Construction, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Sontag Construction, Inc. averages 24.4 TCR (871% of the Framing contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Sontag Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2020=49 · 2021=29.3 · 2022=23.4 · 2023=12.8 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Sontag Construction, Inc. falls in its industry

387 Framing contractors establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #99 safest of 99 Framing contractors employers in California.

Sontag Construction, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 24.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Sontag Construction, Inc.
Sontag Construction, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 24.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Sontag Construction, Inc. has fewer employees than the Framing contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 7.5 7.5 1 0 0
2023 12.8 6.4 2 0 0
2022 23.4 23.4 4 0 0
2021 29.3 29.3 7 0 0
2020 49.0 42.9 12 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238130 · CA · Berkeley

387 Framing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 120 employers in Berkeley, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Braxton and sons 24.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Framing Specialists, Inc 24.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Juzt Construction Inc. 23.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TORRES GENERAL INC 23.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE LaGrande Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Carlo Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linda Vista Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOUNTAIN VIEW FARM SHOP 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Berkeley 22,120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (213-ABH) 1,998 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Bay Hospitals (30391) 1,917 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berkeley, CA 1,106 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Meriden Fire Department Engine #1 24.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mary J. Drexel Home d/b/a The Hearth at Drexel 24.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Arbors at Westfield 24.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CentraCare - Long Prairie Hospital 24.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dublin 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inland Truck Parts Company 39 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inland Truck Parts Company 33 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE DFW-358 22 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.